There are few constants in the state tournament. One of them, is a matchup between Seton Hall Prep and St. Peter's Prep.

The two rivals once again find themselves in the familiar position of playing each other with a championship at stake as they square off on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the North Jersey, Non-Public A final at Rutgers. This marks the third time in four years the two schools are meeting in the final and the fourth time in five years they've faced each other in the state playoffs.

St. Peter's Prep defeated Seton Hall Prep in the 2010 final. Seton Hall Prep evened the score with an overtime victory for the 2011 title.

"It says a lot about both schools, both programs and more importantly the kids that play at the programs," St. Peter's Prep coach Todd Decker said.

"St. Peter's and Seton Hall Prep, there's no other rivalry like it at this school," Seton Hall Prep senior guard Spencer Weisz said. "It's going to be very hyped leading up to it. It's going to be two great programs going at it and I'm looking forward to it."

Wednesday represents a new era for the rivalry. When these two teams last met in 2011, both Decker and current Seton Hall Prep head coach Kevin Williams were assistants at their respective schools. Both coaches at the time - Bob Farrell of Seton Hall Prep and Mike Kelly of St. Peter's Prep - retired after that season. Many of the key on-court stars of the rivalry such as Sterling Gibbs, Kevin Walker, Keith Lumpkin, Dallas Anglin and others, are now playing in college. But despite, there is still certainly a feeling of familiarity between the two programs.

"It's a little different," said Weisz, a four-year starter. "But nonetheless, we know their players, they know us. We see each other on the (AAU and fall ball) circuit all the time."

Weisz, Tom Lacey and St. Peter's Prep's Sean Cummings are the only players who played in that 2011 final, who are still on their teams for this latest addition.

"It's just turned into a fun thing," Lacey said. When I came here my freshman year, it was more of a rivalry in terms of we hate them. But I love those guys and its going to be fun to play against them."

The animosity may be gone, but just like in those previous meetings between these two teams, the matchup to watch will be in the backcourt. Seton Hall Prep boasts Weisz, one of the state's best all-around players, and star freshman Temple Gibbs.

"(Spencer's) able to play at his own speed. He does a great job of not allowing anyone to speed up his own tempo or his team's tempo," Decker said. "He does a lot of things for them besides scoring the ball. He facilitates, he gets in the lane, he rebounds and he's a leader for them. That's why he's going to Princeton. He's a very smart and good basketball player."

St. Peter's Prep answers with the combination of senior Trevis Wyche and junior Austin White, who initially started at Seton Hall Prep before transferring after his freshman year.

"I think those two have done a great job of getting better every day. One of our main focuses this was to continue to get better each and every day individually and collectively as a team," Decker said. "They know that we still haven't played our best basketball yet. We're getting there, we're getting close and hopefully we're peaking at the right time."